January 2010 by Amistad
218 pages--Goodreads
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
This was a decent read, but it just kind of throws you into the middle of the Black Panthers without any explanation whatsoever. As most of the middle graders reading this book won't know much about the Black Panthers going into the book, the will probably be lost. I know books aren't meant to be history lessons, but a bit more background information would have been nice.
The relationship between the sisters is realistic sweet. However, I think this is one of those books that adults like but kids find a hard time relating to.
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